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2024-2025 Undergraduate Hill Book

CRM 356 - Terrorism and the Criminal Justice System

3 Credits
Offered Fall
This course examines the context for terrorism, with the aim of understanding what terrorism is, its manifestations, and root causes. Starting with the historical origins of the concept of ‘terror’, the course covers state terror, domestic terrorism, the internationalization of terrorism, discussing various terrorist groups in the United States and around the world. The class culminates in an analysis of counter-terrorism and due process in the United States.

Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): CRM 120 - Critical Introduction to Criminal Justice  or CRM 201 - Criminological Theories   
Core Curriculum Attribute(s): Global Perspectives History and Social Science   
Note: Course formerly offered as CRM 455 Seminar: Terrorism